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About Me

Sweet Island Thyme made it's debut in 2002 on the Winter Solstice. Since then SIT has produced two albums (From Here to There and Back Again and No Band is an Island). The band has performed before Bobby Vega, David Nelson Band, Flowmotion, Shanti Groove, Ashbury Park, and after parties for Dark Star Orchestra, Moe, Sound Tribe Sector Nine and the Everyone Orchestra. Playing festivals including "the Spring Fling 2003 and 2004", "Shining Stars Festival 2004", "the Black Sheep Gathering 2004 and 2006", "the May Meltdown 2005", "the Summer Hummer 2005" and "the 2006 Emerald Empire Hempfest" In the studio SIT has worked with Joe Craven (David Grisman Quintet), Julian Fritz (Sasha Butterfly Band, Satya Yuga the Everyone Orchestra) and Brad Erichsen (Disco Organica). On stage SIT has had countless guests join them including Priyo and Michael Saint John (Lost at Last, Gypsy Moon), Randy Probst and Sean Jackson (Jupiter Hollow), Naomi Cotler (the Banjo Girl, Charley's Barley, Barefoot Nellie) and Jerry Stone (Bamiki) to name a few. "Sweet Island Thyme extends their musical sphere far beyond islands, encompasssing rhythms from around the globe blending funk, rock, folk, gypsy, swing, and psychedelia" the Eugene Weekly

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Member Since: 2/27/2005
Band Website: sweetislandthyme.net
Band Members: BORIS CANANI - Acoustic and Electric Guitar, Vocals & Percussion ----- BRIAN FORBES - Drums, Percussion and Vocals ----- ALISON LOSIK - Keyboards and Vocals ----- SAM ELKINGTON- Bass
Influences: Grateful Dead, Deadheads, Planet Gong, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, The Beatles, Thelonious Monk, Bob Dylan, Toots and the Maytals, Cheech and Chong, Sesame Street, Natural Vibrations w/ Bob Marley, John Lennon, Chango, Central America, the USA, Arturo Sandival, Eugene (Oregon), Revolutions, Fidel Castro and Che, women leaders with cojones, and the Band.
Sounds Like: Imagine traveling to the jungles of Central America and you hear creatures chorusing out from everywhere. Now imagine Miles Davis and Jimmy Buffet had a kid and was in the middle of it all. An occasional industrial funk rhythming out of nowhere and the voice of some mix-bread human. Odd timed, sometimes KC and the Sunshine Band and then some home grown spacegrass added. Futuristic and then tribal. A soft ballad then a funked up song. Fun for you and divinely real. Like the sounding of a bell in the outer cosmos. Breathing control. On the edge cowboys on mushrooms. Pretty universal to a universal mind.
Record Label: Lost at Sea
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Just Because

It seems like for ever since anyone posted a blog, I thaught that I might as well...... well...... blog. Doese anyone really read these things anyhow? &n...
Posted by Sweet Island Thyme on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 09:08:00 PST

McShane's Irish Bar and Grill

The sound guy at McShane's said he'd never seen a band play a two and a half hour second set. The first set was tight and strait forward, one hour of old favorites. The second set feature...
Posted by Sweet Island Thyme on Mon, 24 Oct 2005 08:04:00 PST

WOW

Adam here saying, "Hello there fellow boogiemeisters!". We're still pinching ourselves to see if everything really happened last night. Creating an evening of music with Jair and...
Posted by Sweet Island Thyme on Fri, 14 Oct 2005 11:15:00 PST

The Other Side

The Other Side, is a new psychedelic art gallery, serving gourmet coffee. There is a picture/poster frameing shop, expresso and a live stage.We will be playing a few word of mouth invite only bennifit...
Posted by Sweet Island Thyme on Thu, 06 Oct 2005 07:19:00 PST

Wow Hall And Mc Shanes!

Well this is how the music biz works! We got a call from the Wow Hall, Eugene's own all ages venue, to open up for the nationally touring group "Shanti Groove." The show will be Thursday, Oct. ...
Posted by Sweet Island Thyme on Thu, 29 Sep 2005 07:30:00 PST

Live @ The Blue Luna

Well here you go folks, the long awaited live cut we've been promising. A traditional calyspo song, " Mathilda". This is a great example of the new dirrection the band is headed in....
Posted by Sweet Island Thyme on Wed, 28 Sep 2005 08:42:00 PST

9-23-05

The Blue Luna is a great little place to play. The whole club rages off it's balcony until last call, then spilled out into the streets @ 3. The band was in rare form, playing two r...
Posted by Sweet Island Thyme on Sun, 25 Sep 2005 09:02:00 PST

Blue Luna

Well tonight's the night! Sweet Island Thyme live @ The Blue Luna. The Blue Luna is a new club here in Eugene that specializes in authentic carribean meals. Being in the main ...
Posted by Sweet Island Thyme on Sat, 24 Sep 2005 04:21:00 PST

Studio Outtakes

Some folks just couldn't wait. So there you have it, two new studio tracks totally dry and unmixed. Pony Ride shows a funkedelic side of the band, while Tatianna Mendoza is as standard gypsy jazz as y...
Posted by Sweet Island Thyme on Thu, 22 Sep 2005 09:46:00 PST

Summin Hummin

We had a great time at the Summer Hummer. A special thanks to Bob and Connie. To Flo and the Telepathic crew. Thanks to Flow Motion! Can't wait to catch you guys again! We've posted some photos, lyric...
Posted by Sweet Island Thyme on Thu, 22 Sep 2005 07:52:00 PST